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(Writhing,) Wre(i)thing, vbl. n. [ME and e.m.E. writhyng (Chaucer), wreathing (1553).] a. fig.Action, behaving. b. ? Convulsions. —a. c1409-1436 Kingis Q. § 146.
All ȝour chance causit is tofore Heigh in the hevin, by quhois effectis grete Ȝe movit are to wrething lesse or more —b. 1616 Craig-Brown Selkirkshire I 181.
He confessit … for wreithing, he had ane charm
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